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Ok....
lets cut the crap here.
folks can get as asinine as they wish concerning what is FOSS and what isn't ...crying that they know better ..
or that they want a more delineated and comprehensive understanding of what FOSS is...and what it isn't....
And then ultimately making the whole debacle turn on its head , stating that EVERYTHING is FOSS to this degree or that...and then finish with a "So what is the point?" statement...
to refute and negate any others personal list of what they wish in their device or not.

Heard said tail-eating arguments before ....many times.

The blunt of it is ...
There is no mobile device that is FOSS ...
And if my logic is not flawed here Android isn't a "device" it is an operating system.
And....
No...Openmoko wasn't any more open or closed than any other OS....using the self same purported tail-eating logic that was applied....by said individual...

As far as "devices" go...
one will not find any completely FOSS devices....ever....
for one real world point...

The telephony aspect has to be closed source ...
Nations and Authorities would NEVER EVER EVER allow mobile devices not to be track-able, traceable.
That ultimately ...is the reason why one will never see a totally FOSS mobile device.

So from the dank little argumentative corner.... enough B.S. ...
Allow folks their definition of how much FOSS or how little a percentage they want in their device...with the full understanding that everyone else knows, it is a subjective and personal choice and desire....as to what their own criteria is.
And critics who wish to baffle gab the whole issue for the sake of just poking at things to stir them up pointlessly and needlessly ...
are not being intelligent or smart...
just transparent in their machinations.
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